I was looking for a specific quote and ended up finding this page which has some relevant ones for most of this thread. Took out some of the better ones
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Programming http://www.gdargaud.net/Humor/QuotesProgramming.html On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:27:39 -0600 Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > On 02/09/2009 05:02 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 11:57:42PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > >> Just for the record, Fortran is very much alive and kicking. It's actually > >> a wonderful language for mathematical work and HPC. It's just no longer a > >> hype word. And I'm mostly talking about fortran 90/95. Fortran 77 is a bit > >> archaic. I am hoping that a fortran 2008 compiler will come out soon and > >> that has object oriented paradigms. Maybe part of the problem is the lack > >> of a cheap/free/accessible compiler for windows as the intel compiler > >> rather expensive, but HPC is much more linux/unix based anyway. > > > > I agree that Fortran is alive and kicking. I still have some Fortran77 > FORTRAN, the infantile disorder, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in mind today: it is now too clumsy, too risky, and too expensive to use. —Edsger Dijkstra, circa 1970. > Isn't it obvious to everyone that PL/I is the *only* language? > Actually I just remembered my first language, even before basic, was logo (just shows how old I am). Turns out that it's still alive aptitude install ucblogo Regarding previous talk about ADA: ----------------------------------------------- C treats you like a consenting adult. Pascal treats you like a naughty child. Ada treats you like a criminal. * Bruce Powel Douglass c/c++: --------- The C Programming Language - A language which combines the flexibility and power of assembly language with the readability and maintainablity of assembly language. C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog. * Steve Taylor And as for programming languages, I found this quote ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The most important thing in a programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language. * Donald E. Knuth (1938-...) * Law 1: Every program can be optimised to be smaller. Law 2: There's always one more bug. Corollary: Every program can be reduced to a one-line bug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
